East Asian Winter Monsoon (EAWM) index (Shi N. 1996): MODES forecast -------------------------------------------------------------------- Observation (NECP-I) 2016Nov -0.65 2016Dec -1.80 2017Jan -0.21 2017Feb 0.62 2017Mar 2.04 2017Apr -0.32 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Prediction (MODES) -------------------------------------------------------------------- * BCC CFS EC 2017May -0.77 -0.20 0.16 2017Jun -0.02 -0.08 0.16 2017Jul 0.39 0.24 -0.12 2017Aug 1.13 0.12 0.41 2017Sep 0.66 0.35 0.23 2017Oct -0.08 -0.01 0.37 2017Nov -1.06 -0.01 -0.10